The Disasters that Save Our Lives

The Disasters that Save Our Lives

Shortly before his 17th birthday, Craig Barnes and his brother came home from the Christian camps where they had been working for the summer. They were PK’s – “pastor’s kids” – and their identity had largely been shaped by the predictable rhythms of home and...
A Very Big Idea

A Very Big Idea

Back in the 1980s, Phil Vischer had a big idea. The puppeteer and amateur filmmaker dreamed of developing a creative way of teaching kids how to discern right from wrong.  Along the way, he would introduce them to Bible basics. His big idea led to Big Idea...
Running the Race

Running the Race

Two weekends ago, more than 20,000 runners, joggers, walkers, and wheelchair participants left the starting line of the OneAmerica Indy Mini-Marathon.  The race is one of the world’s premiere 13.1-mile annual events.  It begins and ends in downtown...
The Richness of Being

The Richness of Being

Year after year Stumpy and Martha attended the fair in their home state, and every summer it was the same story. Stumpy was tantalized by the old-fashioned biplane in which anybody could take a ride for ten dollars, and Martha was disgusted by such an obvious waste of...
The Real Story

The Real Story

Just a few months ago, most Americans couldn’t have located Ukraine on a map. Even after saturation coverage of that nation’s plight since Russia’s invasion last February, few people are aware that Ukraine has been intermittently trampled by powerful neighbors from...